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by gzp 13y ago
The article hints at Homejoy's plans to apply their underlying technology to services beyond cleaning. It's easy to look at what Homejoy is currently doing, extrapolate to the point where they dominate that specific market, and sa
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by gzp 13y ago
> but its a personal vanity project no one is demanding. I'm not sure about that. It seems about 10,000 people are demanding it, as of noon Pacific time. > Kickstarter being used by well funded celebrities who just want to minimize
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by gzp 13y ago
Agreed. The whole "those useless business people..." mentality may pop up in large corporations where roles are siloed off strictly and contact between groups is minimal, but if it's popping up in your startup it speaks to a failure to buil
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by gzp 14y ago
What FB is offering here is carrier billing. Short term, paying with FB for physical goods (eg. in restaurants, bars) is an unlikely outcome because carrier billing involves giving up an enormous percentage of the transaction to the carrier
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by gzp 14y ago
Typically, though not always, the businesses that are torn down the hardest by the sharks have poor fundamentals and little traction. Five percent equity taken from these businesses is unlikely to ever amount to anything of significant valu
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by gzp 15y ago
"A billion customers in the world... are waiting for a $2 pair of eyeglasses, a $10 solar lantern and a $100 house." Interestingly, this article doesn't even touch upon the real challenge: It's not in mass producing these items at low cost;
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by gzp 15y ago
Apple would be spending half its cash pile to acquire a domestic company. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of the company's sales are international [1]; furthermore, I would guess that much of the company's growth is in international markets, especi